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Internet radio stations are those that either stream or simulcast a version of their on-air signal over the Web, or create a station exclusive to the Internet.

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The American Marconi Company had trouble developing as a business after World War I in part because the U.S.Navy did not want a foreign-controlled company wielding so much power in the field of emergent radio technologies.

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American inventor Samuel _________________________ developed the system of sending electrical impulses from a transmitter through a cable to a reception point.

Which of the following technologies did not cause major changes in the radio industry?

The top three radio companies in the United States are ______.

Podcasting and Internet radio aren't very portable because you need a computer to use them.

The Radio Act of _____________________ established the Federal Radio Commission.

_________________________ is a digital technology that enables AM and FM radio broadcasters to multicast two or three additional compressed signals within their traditional analog frequency.

The Radio Act of 1927 created the Radio Corporation of America.

In 1948, the FCC approved 10-watt FM stations, allowing more people to participate in radio.

Which of the following is true about HD radio?

Which event led to the Radio Act of 1912, which required most large ships to carry wireless technology?

Because of the role of the navy in early broadcast history, the United States today has a national broadcasting system both controlled and supervised by the government.

The practice of record promoters paying deejays or programmers to play particular songs is called _________________________.

The term broadcasting was originally used in ______.

_________________________ is the company that owns the largest number of radio stations in the United States.

Politicians have threatened to cut government funding for public broadcasting.

Now a media term, _________________________ was once an agricultural term that referred to casting seeds over a large area.

Use the following to answer questions: Matching Selecting from the following list of names, match them with the corresponding items below. -Developed Audion, or triode, vacuum tube

By law, nonprofit broadcasters are allocated 25 percent of all the broadcast frequencies in the United States today.